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Vijay Vashee is a father who enjoys snowboarding with his sons, playing golf and doing “stuff with my wife — for example, theater, golf, and stuff for the community.” He is also a man who has ridden the Microsoft train to success and fulfillment. He joined the technology giant in 1982 when it was still a $25 million company.
He is credited with running the first Windows seminar and for setting up the MS ISV program. He was also a major contributor to the 1.0 versions of Windows, Mouse, Works, Win, Excel and other products.
He was also involved in the successful marketing push for applications like Word, Excel, Works and Flight Stimulator to Mice.
As Microsoft continued to grow, so did Vashee. As the general manager of Project, he helped make it the number-one in market share, up from number-four in two and a half years. Under his supervision, he grew the $5 million business into a $100 million enterprise.
He was also the general manager of PowerPoint, where he was equally successful. He helped make it the number-one choice from its previous third-in-line status and grew the business from $100 million to $600 million. He also developed shared draw code for Word and Excel.
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